Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Trabzon (Sump For Trabzon) 7th Project Steering Committee Meeting was held

Within the scope of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) for Trabzon, implemented under the Transport Sectoral Operational Programme (USOP) managed by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye within the scope of Türkiye–EU financial cooperation, the seventh Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting was held on 21 May 2025 hosted by Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality with the participation of experts from the Department for EU Investments, Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye and the contractor TYPSA & Boğaziçi Proje & KAISER Engineering consortium.

The meeting was opened by Mr. Fatih Bayraktar, Deputy Senior Representative of the End Recipient (SRER), Head of the Transport Department, representing Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality. Following this  the floor was given to Ph.D Tijen İğci, Head of the Department for EU Investments and IPA Director at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye, who delivered the opening speech on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Mr Jose Laffond, Project Team Leader of TYPSA & Boğaziçi Proje & KAISER Engineering consortium on behalf of the contractor, presented a comprehensive presentation on the completed and ongoing activities during the project. Subsequently, the outputs of the action plan workshop together with the process of stakeholder engagement activities were presented by Ph.D Murat Çağatay, SUMP for Trabzon Project Communication Expert.

In the second session of the meeting, Mr Taceddin Kınay, Transport Planning Expert, gave an informative presentation on the actions determined in line with the studies carried out. Within the scope of the presentation, the contents of the actions categorised under 11 headings were conveyed to the participants.

Ph.D Tijen İğci, Head of the Department for EU Investments and IPA Director at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye, Ms. Sıla Yıldırım Koca, Project Contract Manager of the Department for EU Investments, and Mr. Akif Türkel, Representative of the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye, made assessments on the current status of the project and shared their opinions and suggestions on the next steps to be followed with the participants. The meeting ended after discussions and feedbacks on the proposals that will form the SUMP for Trabzon Action Plan.